Tournament:Smash Summit 13

Smash Summit 13
Dates	May 12th-15th, 2022
Venue	Summit Gaming House
Address/City	unknown Los Angeles, California
Attendance	16
Entry fees	N/A
Pot size(s)	$29,663
Results
winners	iBDW

Smash Summit 13 was a Super Smash Bros. Melee invitational tournament. It was the thirteenth installment of the Smash Summit series for Melee, and was held on May 12th-15th, 2022 at the Summit Gaming House, a private residence house in Los Angeles, California, which is closed to the general public.

iBDW took first place at the event, winning back-to-back Summits by defeating n0ne and Jmook 3-1 to make it to winners' finals where he would find himself against Hungrybox before taking the set once again 3-1. In grand finals, iBDW and Plup faced off in the Fox Ditto match where Plup would quickly go up 2-0 before being reversed 3-0'd by iBDW, earning him his second Smash Summit title. Plup also had an impressive showing at the event; although being absent from Smash Summit 12, he would find himself on the winners side of the final bracket despite not playing any sets on Saturday as a precaution of COVID-19. In winners' quarters, Plup would take his set over Zain 3-2 before falling to losers by Hungrybox. In losers, Plup defeated lloD and Jmook 3-1 to once again face Hungrybox in losers' finals. In the runback, Plup took the set 3-2 to make it into grand finals before being defeated by iBDW, placing 2nd. After showing dominance by placing first at GENESIS 8 and Pound 2022, Zain would unexpectedly place 5th at the event after falling to losers by Plup in winners' quarters to make a lengthy losers run before losing 3-1 to Jmook in losers' quarters. Mango and Leffen both placed outside of top 8 in a very uncharacteristic fashion, with Mango losing to Hungrybox and KoDoRiN and Leffen losing to Jmook and lloD, resulting in a 9th place finish for both players.

Players invited/qualified

The following players were invited by Beyond the Summit:

•  iBDW
•  Leffen
•  Mango
•  Plup
•  Zain

The top 4 non-invited players at GENESIS 8 all qualified:

•  Jmook (who finished 2nd)
•  n0ne (who finished 4th)
•  Hungrybox (who finished 5th)
•  lloD (who finished 7th and beat Kalamazhu in a tiebreaker match, as aMSa, who finished 5th, was unable to attend)

Players voted in

•  DarkGenex &  Sora (April 25th)
•  Frenzy &  KoDoRiN (April 27th)
•  Blue,  Salt, &  Mekk* (April 29th)

*Replaced Pipsqueak.

Declined players

Pipsqueak had originally qualified through the SAME 2021 Finale, but was unable to attend due to complications with COVID-19. He was replaced by Mekk, who had the highest amount of votes out of the players eliminated on the final day of voting. Pipsqueak was later invited to Smash Summit 14.

Players eliminated

These players were eliminated in voting:

•  Awesome Video Games,  Lotfy,  Den,  Secrets (April 22nd)
•  Travioli,  Chape,  Captain G,  phoenix (April 23rd)
•  salami,  Maples (April 25th)
•  Logan,  Sicko (April 27th)
•  Siddward (April 29th)

Eligible players

Players were eligible if they meet the following requirements:

• Ranked in the top 30 on the MPGRContenders
• Placed top 64 at Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 4, Riptide, Mainstage 2021 or Low Tide City 2021
• Placed top 16 at Super Smash Con: Fall Fest
• Participated in the Smash World Tour 2021 Championships
• Participated in any of the Smash World Tour 2021 Regional Finals
• Participated in Summit Champions League
• Placed top 8 at Bongenesis or EZ League Finals

Results

Singles

(16 entrants)
Final Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	iBDW
2nd	Plup
3rd	Hungrybox
4th	Jmook
5th	lloD
5th	Zain
7th	n0ne
7th	KoDoRiN
9th	Leffen
9th	Frenzy
9th	Salt
9th	Mango
13th	Mekk
13th	Blue
13th	Sora
13th	DarkGenex

Side events

Crew Battle Singles

Team Whispy	Character	Stocks Taken	Team Randall	Character	Stocks Taken
Sora		4	Salt		2
Plup		9	KoDoRiN		3
Jmook		1	DarkGenex		1
Zain		6	iBDW		8
Frenzy		5	Mekk		1
Blue		2	n0ne		3
Leffen		4	Hungrybox		7
lloD		1	Mango		3
Total	—	32	Total	—	28

Crew Battle Doubles

Team Whispy	Character	Team Whispy	Character	Stocks Taken	Team Randall	Character	Team Randall	Character	Stocks Taken
Sora		Jmook		8	KoDoRiN		n0ne		5
Frenzy		Blue		4	Mango		Salt		14
Plup		lloD		7	iBDW		Hungrybox		5
Total	—	—	—	19	Total	—	—	—	24

Home Run Contest

(7 entrants)

Place	Name	Character(s)	Distance (ft)
1st	lloD		2331.7
2nd	DarkGenex		2152.9
3rd	Salt		1284.4
4th	n0ne		112.2
5th	Plup		103.6
6th	Jmook		20.9
7th	Sora		0.0

VIP Bracket

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the VIP Bracket was stopped early at top 8.

(38 entrants)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
—	Spark
—	Rishi
—	n3zModGod
—	null
—	Logan
—	Joey Donuts
—	Zealot
7th	bonfire10
9th	Squid
9th	Violence
9th	Bbatts
9th	Tai
13th	Stavino
13th	Snap
13th	PudgyPanda
13th	Mova

Survivor

16 players were split into 2 teams of 8 players each. Each team would compete in a challenge (like Crew Battles), with the winning team gaining immunity from voting. The losing team would vote amongst themselves in the Smashers Council, and the player with the most votes would be eliminated. If a player found an immunity idol and presented it at a Smashers Council, their votes would be nullified. After 8 players were eliminated, the final 8 had their teams merged. Players would compete for individual immunity from then on, and all players would vote off one of the losing players.

Survivor was cancelled at the final 4 due to the COVID-19 outbreak, and the $3,000 prize was split between the 4 remaining players.

(16 entrants)

Place	Name	Team	Character(s)	Earnings	Merging	Status
—	Jmook	Team Whispy		$750	Post-merge	Final 4
—	n0ne	Team Randall		$750
—	Plup	Team Whispy		$750
—	Salt	Team Randall		$750
5th	Sora	Team Whispy				12th eliminated
6th	lloD	Team Whispy				11th eliminated
7th	DarkGenex	Team Randall				10th eliminated
8th	Hungrybox	Team Randall				9th eliminated
9th	Leffen	Team Whispy			Pre-merge	8th eliminated
9th	iBDW	Team Randall				7th eliminated
11th	KoDoRiN	Team Randall				6th eliminated
12th	Mango	Team Randall				5th eliminated
13th	Frenzy	Team Whispy				3rd eliminated
13th	Blue	Team Whispy				3rd eliminated
15th	Zain	Team Whispy				2nd eliminated
16th	Mekk	Team Randall				1st eliminated

Trivia

• The vote-in process for Smash Summit 13 achieved a number of firsts:
  • Due to exactly 20 people opting in during the nomination phase, salami was able to advance all the way to the first round of vote-ins (before being eliminated) despite having 0 nominations.
  • DarkGenex's total vote count of approximately 100,700 votes marks the only time a player that was voted in had a vote count that eclipsed the rest of the players in the running combined (approximately 71,800 votes).
  • For the first round of vote-ins, there was a vote difference of over 84,600 votes between DarkGenex and Sora, the largest gap between two players voted in during the first round of a Smash Summit.
  • Sora became the first vote-in for two consecutive Smash Summits since aMSa at Smash Summits 5 and 6, as well as the only player to get voted in during the first round for two Summits in a row since the multi-period voting system was introduced for Smash Summit 3.
• This is the first Melee Smash Summit with no Pikachu mains, and the first where everyone mains a top or high tier character.
  • However, Axe was still present as a VIP, ensuring the continued presence of a Pikachu player in the venue for every Melee Summit.
• During the event, there was a positive COVID-19 case (FendrickLamar) that subsequently spread, resulting in the event being delayed on its third day.
  • DarkGenex tested positive for COVID, unfortunately becoming the first player to have to DQ during a Summit event due to the virus.
  • Sora tested negative, but felt unwell and dropped out due to his roommate Bundun testing positive.
  • Plup felt unwell and took the day off, electing to play the Gauntlet 2nd place tiebreakers on Day 4.
  • Blue tested positive and dropped out on Day 4.
  • The 3 dropouts resulted in a final bracket of 13 players, making Smash Summit 13 the first Smash Summit of any game to have under 16 players in the final bracket.
  • A Red Bull Gauntlet ft. Plup event was planned for Day 3, postponed to Day 4 after the outbreak, and was eventually cancelled.
  • The Smasher's Council was cancelled at the final 4, and the $3,000 prize was split between the 4 remaining players.
  • The event was restricted to necessary personnel only on the last two days, so VIP attendees were refunded $500, 50% of the buy-in cost. This also stopped the VIP bracket at the top 8.
• With his second consecutive victory, iBDW became the second person to win back-to-back Melee Summit events (following Armada, who had previously won the first four events all in a row).
  • He also became the second person to win two consecutive Summits without dropping a set (Armada won Summits 3 and 4 without dropping a set).
• This tournament marks the first time Mango has placed outside of Top 8 for three majors in a row throughout his entire career.
• lloD's 3-0 victory over Leffen in Losers Round 2 of the final bracket marks the first time Leffen has lost a set with his Fox to a solo Peach since Armada's 3-0 in Grand Finals of Beauty 9 in December 2014, a full 7 years earlier. Armada would start using Fox against Leffen soon afterwards.
• This is the first Melee Summit where Grand Finals was a Fox ditto.

External Links

• start.gg page